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Ibeje A. O.
Department of Civil Engineering, Imo State University, Owerri
Ekeleme A.
Department of Civil Engineering, Abia State University, Uturu
ABSTRACT
Accurate description of the climatic features of any studied area usually constitutes most scientific articles. This study aims at characterizing some of the meteorological variables in southeast region of Nigeria in order to ensure consistent scientific reports about the area. Climatic data lasting 86 years of five meteorological stations located in Owerri, Imo state, Enugu, Enugu state, Umuahia, Abia state, Abakaliki, Ebonyi state and Awka in Anambra state were used in the study. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, coefficients of kurtosis and skewness were deployed in the analysis of the data. The results revealed that towns in the northern part of the region received more heat than their southern counterparts while the southern part received more moisture. This is shown in the highest mean values of the climatic variables evaluated as: Owerri which is in the south having 183.73mm rainfall, 44.6% cloud cover and 82.6% highest annual maximum relative humidity while Enugu in the north having 45.5 cal/cm2/minute solar radiation, 5.48m/hr of wind speed, 28.063 and 27.09oC of air and soil temperatures respectively. Rainfall is the most variable weather element. It is observed that only cloud cover is positively skewed while only sunshine hours, solar radiation and rainfall have positive coefficient of kurtosis in the entire regional data. The outcome of this study sufficiently describes the climatic features of the region and thus can be used to confidently describe the region as a study area in scientific reports.
Keywords: analysis, climate, southeast Nigeria
https://doi.org/10.33922/j.ujet_v6i2_10
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Published
Friday, January 22, 2021
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Vol. 6 No. 2, December 2020
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GENERAL
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